Samira Daswani

About the Author

Samira is a healthcare strategy & design leader. As a serial entrepreneur, she has incubated and operated numerous healthcare startups. She serves as the VP of New Ventures at Initiate Studios, a healthcare company creation engine. As a product leader, Samira was at Visby Medical, as the VP of Product and launched multi-million dollar infectious disease tests.

Samira founded Manta Cares, a global community of caregivers and survivors dedicated to making the cancer experience just a little easier. Manta Cares designs and develops tangible tools and resources that enable individuals going through cancer to gain back control and peace of mind. Our flagship product - Manta Planner, has sold out of its first 4 print runs and helped over 700 patients and caregivers since its launch. Manta Cares comes from Samira’s personal experiences as a cancer survivor.

She started her career at McKinsey & Company. She has degrees from MIT, Stanford University and Wellesley College. In her spare time, she can be found sketching, writing poetry, swimming and playing with her two rescue dogs.

Writes About

• Value of Health Data
• Data Assets